We break format, to wander "Off-Topic" (as we are wont to do, about once every three months or so) here -- and simply note: if you weren't amazed, tonight -- you mustn't have an EKG pulse:
Forget the politics for a moment -- that was quite the post-card for the world's most-populous unified economy.
And, if you've ever competed, at any level, you couldn't help but feel the butterflies -- as each of the nation's athletes entered the Bird's Nest. . . . And. . . we're underway. Wow.
UPDATED:
Now, an update on the "Wow" factor: If Jamaican Usain Bolt (click on image, above) can smoke the world mark while coasting, thumping his chest, and spreading his arms -- while the "race" is still underway -- in the final nine meters, before crossing the tape -- how far deep into nine-four land can he go, if/when he is still accelerating during those final three strides? Prepare to see the 100 meter (and 100 yard) record books completely re-written -- and they'll all read "Bolt 2008". Amazing. Imagine this guy in a 40 -- at an NFL combine -- He'll run near a 3.8 40. Whoah. I wonder how fast he'd be in pads. . . . Bolt can write his own ticket, now.
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